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Sarothamnus Scoparius

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Common Broom · Cytisus Scoparius · "The Cardiac Diuretic Broom"
saroth.PlantUncommonPsoric✨ Boericke only
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Exclusively Documented in Boericke

This remedy is documented exclusively in Boericke's Materia Medica. It does not appear in other classical references in this encyclopedia.

🎯 It acts as a cardiac that strengthens heart contractions, slows the pulse, and increases urine output to relieve fluid retention.
📖 Boericke writes:
(SPARTIUM SCOPARIUM - CYSTISUS SCOPARIUS)
Spartein sulphate increase the strength of the heart, slows it and reduces the blood pressure. It continues the good effects of Veratrum and Digitalis without any of the undesirable effects of either (Hinsdale).
The effect of spartein sulphate (the alkaloid of Broom) is to cause a lowering of the systolic and diastolic pressures of the provers. Sphygmograms also show a condition of lowered blood-pressure. It depresses the heart by poisonous action exerted on the and this, with the stimulating action of the drug upon the vagus, accounts for the lowered blood pressure and reduced pulse rate. It weakens the cardiac contraction. The total amount of urine is increased. The drug has, therefore, diuretic properties and is useful in .
. Cheyne-Stokes respiration. Irregular heart following grip and various infections. Hypotension used palliatively in physiological dosage to combat arterial hypertension, . Very useful 1/10 to 1/4 in sustaining heart after stopping habit of Morphia. Spartium is indicated when primarily the muscles of the heart and especially the nervous apparatus is affected. Acts rapidly and lasts three to four days. Does not disturb digestion. .
👤 Constitution
•Typically indicated for patients with heart weakness, nervous or hysterical tendencies, and those suffering from water-logged conditions or arterial hypertension.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Profuse flow of urine.
urinary
🩺 Systems & Indications
✨ Boericke Exclusive
❤️HEART
Used for heart failure, irregular rhythm, and fluid retention where the patient is unable to lie flat.
Tobacco heart.
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Irregular action, disturbed rhythm due to gas, etc, feeble in nervous hysterical patients.
Myocardial degeneration, failing compensation.
Hypotension.
Spartein in 2 gr for water-logged cases, cannot lie down.
Here it produces much comfort.
Has specific action upon the kidneys, enabling them to eliminate and relieve the distress upon the heart.
🔑 Modalities
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💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

First to third trituration
Decimal
📝Homeopathic use.
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Veratrum Album →Digitalis Purpurea →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

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Sarothamnus Scoparius is listed in 11 rubrics across 2 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 5 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Circulatory System8Urinary System3